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- ISBN
- 1613734999
- Book Title
- Grandma Gatewood's Walk : the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Women, Environmental Conservation & Protection, History, United States / General, Hiking
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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2014 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in History / Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, sixty-seven-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. By September 1955 she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, sang "America, the Beautiful," and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Driven by a painful marriage, Grandma Gatewood not only hiked the trail alone, she was the first person--man or woman--to walk it twice and three times. At age seventy-one, she hiked the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity, and appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter. The public attention she brought to the trail was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery interviewed surviving family members and hikers Gatewood met along the trail, unearthed historic newspaper and magazine articles, and was given full access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence. Grandma Gatewood's Walk shines a fresh light on one of America's most celebrated hikers.
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613734999
ISBN-13
9781613734995
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219256289
Product Key Features
Book Title
Grandma Gatewood's Walk : the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Environmental Conservation & Protection, History, United States / General, Hiking
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv199.92
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"Grandma Gatewood's Walk is a brilliant look at an America--both good and bad--that has slipped away, seen through the eyes and feet of one of America's most unlikely heroines. Gatewood's story suggests anything is possible; no matter your age, gender, or quality of your walking shoes." --STEPHEN RODRICK, AUTHOR OF THE MAGICAL STRANGER, "Go, Granny, Go! . . . This astonishing tale will send you looking for your hiking boots. A wonderful story, wonderfully told." --CHARLES MCNAIR, BOOKS EDITOR AT PASTE MAGAZINE AND AUTHOR OF PICKETT'S CHARGE, "Grandma Gatewood's Walk is sure to fuel not only the dreams of would-be hikers, but debates on the limits of endurance, the power of determination, and the nature of myth." --EARL SWIFT, AUTHOR OF THE BIG ROADS
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
796.51092 B
Dewey Edition
23
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